Cleaner attachment



May 26, 1925. 1,539,088

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lllll l abbina/1g Patented May 26, 1925i.

ancor: Jonas, or SEATTLE, wasnrneron.

CLEANER ATTACHMENT.

Application filed .August 9, 1924. Serialv No. 731,194.

T0 all whom it may conce/m:

lle it known that l, rincon Jonas, a `citizen oil the United Statesj residing` at Seattle, lin `the county oi" King and State o1 lilashing loin have invented certain new andfuseiiul lniprovcinents in Cleaner rittaclnnents, ot which the Following is a specitication, `reifei`- ence he' i' had to ,the accompanying drawrlhis invention .relates to certain improve nts in cleaner atta "hin its and has )lation more pz ulaily to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted ttor in connection with weed paliers, ar l it is an obect et the invention to provide a novel l .improved attachmoet or this hind which iis .mounted iiiigpon the puller in a roby'relatively "n ot the :itaehment 'in one ee the n, f gs V,of the palier i the pulled Vweeds, roots and eaith.

i'inother object et the invention is yto pro'- vide a novel and improved attaclnnent operating in a n'ianner wherein is eliminated the necessity ot employing the hands to remove the weeds or the like from the prongs and which also obviates the necessity of the operator stooping over.

tilhe invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement oit the several parts of my improved cleaner attachment whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set i'orth.

The novel features oi" my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, l will new proceed to describe the same with reference to the ac companying drawings, wherein Figure l is a front elevational View illustrating a cleaner attachment constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention and in applied position, a second position of the cleaner being indicated by broken lines;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view illustrating my improved attachment;

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken substantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

As disclosed in the accompanying` drawings, H denotes a handle of a weed puller wil-rich is provided one end portion `with the prongs l :Stationary with irespect `to the handle H and the vprongs 2 carried by 4said handle .'H tor swinging movement by the prongs Ll so that whenzsaid prongs are forced within `the earth they may be icaused .to effectif-.rely engage around the roots o1" 'the plant ibeing extracted, :the operation ot the device hei-ng 4etaciglitaited by the pedal 3 .coiact-ing directly with thegswinging prongs llilhile in some instances the plant removed by the puller will drop :by gravity from tween the prongs l Vd 12 it has 4been :found in practice that in most instances it `is required that such pulled plants flee removed by hand. En order to clean the prongs et auch plants., Vroot-s and accompany-ing earth, l have provided my in'iproved attachment which is formed oft a `single strand `*of wire o iE requisite gauge and which comprises a bf extending lengthwise ofthe -lower ent portion @of the handle H and coiled its upper kend portion :to provide a sleeve or barrel 5 surrounding' the handle H and providing means whereby requisite inoven'ient may be imparted to the attachment as desired. The opposite end portion of the bar l is formed to provide a laterally disposed loop or ring 6 surrounding the handle H and continued by an outwardly disposed bar 7 being substantially a continuity of the bar Il. The bar 7 terminates in a laterally disposed arm 8 continued by the arm 9 substantially at right angles thereto which is positioned outwardly ot but closely adjacent to the prongs 2. The arm 9 is continued by the substantially perpendicularly related arm l() which is arranged outwardly o1" but in close proximity to a pair oit opposed prongs l and 2. This arm 10 is continued by the short arm 1l which extends across and outwardly of such prong l and is continued by the inwardly disposed arm l2 substantially in parallelism with the arm l0 and terminating` closely adjacent the arm 9, said arm l2 Working between the prongs l and 2 operating effectively to discharge all weeds, roots and earth retained between said prongs after being extracted. The arrangements of the various arms of the attachment with respect to the prongs may be varied.

Vlith the use of my improved attachment the weeds or the like may be effectively discharged between the prongs without the necessity of the operato-r stooping and 'furthermore during a working operation a bucket or other container may be positioned in desired proximity to the operator and as the weeds or the like are pulled out the same may be readily delivered within such bucket and thereby obviate the necessity of the operator going' back to pickup the extracted plants.

From the foregoing description it is thought to be obvious that a cleaner attachment constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason oi the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obviousthat my .invention is susceptible ot some change and modification without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of' the several parts herein shown in carrying` out my invention in practice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim l. In combination with a weed puller oomprisingl a handle, a stationary prong and a movable prong, a member supported for sliding movement by the handle, the lower end portion of the member being,` angularly disposed and extending` around the prongs.

2. In Combination with a weed puller comprising a handle, a stationary prong and a movable prong, a member supported for sliding,` movement by the handle, the lower end portion of the member being angularly disposed and extending around the prongs, and a laterally disposed loop surrounding the handle.

3. In combination with a weed puller comprising ahandle, a stationary prong,- and a movable prong, a member supported for sliding movement by the handle, the lower end portion of the member being,l angular-ly disposed and extending around the prongs, the inner endportion of the member beingl formed into a barrel surrounding the handle.

4. In combination with a handle provided "with a pair of stationary prongs and a pair of movable prongs, a member slidably supported by the handle, the outer end portion of the member being provided with angularly related arms disposed around oertain of the prongs.

5. In combination with a handle provided with a pair of stationary prongs and a. pair of `movable prongs, a member slidably supported by the handle, the outer end portion of the member being` provided with angularly related arms disposed around cer tain of the prongs, one of the arms being disposed between each pair of prongs.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aiiix'my signature. l

JACOB JONES. 

